Korean media pays attention to Kyoto International's performance at Koshien, advancing to the quarterfinals = ”Korean school song resonates”

The quarterfinals of the 106th National High School Baseball Championship are being held today, the 19th. Korean media is paying attention to Kyoto International, which will be playing in the third game today. The school song is in Korean.
In the second game of the third round held on the 1st, the team defeated Nishinippon Junior College Affiliated High School (Fukuoka) 4-0, and the players who made it to the quarterfinals sang the school song loudly. Korean media reported that the school's advancement to the quarterfinals was "a great success at Koshien."
"Korean school song used to sing at Kyoto International High School helps the team reach the quarterfinals for the first time in three years" (Hankyoreh), and "'Great Ancestors...' Song sung by Korean-Korean Kyoto International High School to help them reach the quarterfinals of the Japanese High School Baseball Tournament" (Maeil Business Newspaper).
Kyoto International is a junior and senior high school located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. It originated as Kyoto Korean Junior High School, an ethnic school for Koreans living in Japan, which opened in 1947. It later became the Kyoto Korean School Corporation in 1958.
In 2003, the educational corporations "Kyoto International School" and "Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School" were established, and with the approval of the Kyoto Prefectural Governor, they were renamed "Ichijo School (junior and senior high schools as defined by the School Education Law)."
The current Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School was opened the following year in 2004. The school offers multilingual education in English and Korean, and has set the educational goal of "nurturing talent who can play an active role on the world stage."
The school's baseball team was founded in 1999. In recent years, there have been many Japanese players. Many of the students have also become professional baseball players. The school will make its first appearance and win at Koshien in 2021.
Including this tournament, they have participated in the spring and summer tournaments a total of five times. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals. This summer, they won the Kyoto Tournament final against Kyoto Gaidai Nishi 14-3 to take the top spot among 77 schools and 73 teams, and are now participating for the third time in two years.
The team has qualified for the summer Koshien tournament. At Koshien, both left-handed pitchers, Ryusei Nakazaki (3rd year) and Kazuki Nishimura (2nd year), have been pitching well so far. Nakazaki pitched a complete game in the first match against Sapporo Nihon University, and in the second round
In the match against Niigata Sangyo University Affiliated High School, Nishimura pitched a shutout victory with only three hits allowed. Then, in the third round, Nakazaki pitched a shutout victory against the powerful Nishinippon Junior College Affiliated High School, striking out 14 batters. After the match, Nakazaki said, "I'm glad to be able to play in the finals.
"We were able to enjoy the game," he said. Kyoto International took the lead with two runs in the second inning. In the fifth inning, with one out and a runner on first base, No. 4 infielder Yoki Fujimoto (3rd year) hit a timely double to score the third run. They added another run in the ninth inning.
The team won 4-0, advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time in three years. After the game, the school's Korean school song was played at Koshien Stadium. When the school participates in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 2021, it will be the first time that the Korean school song will be played at Koshien.
The Korean version of the school song was played for the first time, becoming a hot topic. The lyrics, "The land of Yamato, which crossed the East Sea...", sparked controversy over the Korean name for the Sea of Japan, "East Sea."
There are voices criticizing the name. "East Sea" is the name that South Korea claims as the name for the Sea of Japan, and it is a sensitive word that has caused naming issues between Japan and South Korea. This naming issue arose in 19
The trigger was the assertion made by the Korean side at the 6th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names held in 1992. At this conference, the Korean side stated that "the widespread use of the name Sea of Japan is the result of Japanese expansionism and colonial rule."
They are internationally calling for the inclusion of "East Sea" in the name "Japan Sea."
Regarding the term "Sea," he said, "It has been internationally recognized and established since the early 19th century when Japan was in a state of isolation," and "It is used by major countries around the world except for South and North Korea."
"More than 97% of maps from various countries use the name 'Sea of Japan' alone, and it has become widely accepted internationally," the report explained, providing the basis for claiming that "Sea of Japan is the only name that has been internationally accepted."
In addition, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that "the movement to make 'East Sea', which is merely a domestic Korean name, the international standard name in place of the name Sea of Japan currently used by the international community, is not internationally acceptable."
"We cannot accept this because it would cause confusion that could affect the safety of maritime traffic," he said.
"We are not in a position to be involved in this matter," the NHK, which broadcasts the Koshien tournament, wrote "Tokai" (East Sea) in the lyrics of Kyoto International's Korean school song.
The school has been taking a similar approach to its school song since its first appearance at Koshien in the 2021 selection tournament. In addition, this response was made possible by the message displayed alongside the lyrics, "The Japanese translation was submitted by the school.
The caption "This is in keeping with the wishes of the school" suggested that this was based on the school's wishes, and the Sankei Shimbun commented, "It appears that the school is separating high school baseball from South Korea's political stance."
Meanwhile, Korean media has reported on the school's success at Koshien, including the fact that the school song was played in Korean at Koshien Stadium.
Kyoto International will face Nara's Chiben Gakuen in the third match of the day. The two teams will meet in the 2021 semifinals.
The match ended with Chiben Gakuen winning.